kissan viikset

Finnish

Etymology

kissan (“cat's”) + viikset (“whiskers”)

Interjection

kissan viikset

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kissan viikset ("cat's whiskers").
2. rubbish, nonsense (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense)

Usage notes

The idiomatic meaning of cat's whiskers in English is not the same as in Finnish, and translating the Finnish idiomatic meaning such is incorrect.

Synonyms

• höpö-höpö
• höpönpöpön
• katin kontit
• roskaa